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FNUS21 KWNS 081529
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1029 AM CDT SUN AUG 08 2010
VALID 081700Z - 091200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
NO CHANGES REQUIRED TO THE PREVIOUS OUTLOOK.
..ROGERS.. 08/08/2010
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0128 AM CDT SUN AUG 08 2010/
...SYNOPSIS...
A SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE
ACROSS SRN CA AND INTO THE SRN GREAT BASIN ON SUNDAY. A 60+ KT UPPER
LEVEL JET WILL EXIST ALONG THE ERN SIDE OF THE TROUGH...AND EXTEND
NEWD INTO THE NRN HIGH PLAINS. MEANWHILE...RELATIVELY COLD MID-LEVEL
TEMPERATURES WILL SPREAD EWD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN...AIDING IN
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON.
...NERN CA...NRN NV...SERN ORE...
SEASONABLY COLD MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES /AOB -10 DEG C/ ARE FORECAST
TO SPREAD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AS WELL AS ADJACENT NERN CA AND
SERN ORE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES INTO THE
REGION. WITH DAYTIME HEATING...STRONG DESTABILIZATION/STEEP LAPSE
RATE ENVIRONMENT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...FAVORING ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER FAVORED ELEVATED TERRAIN AS
WELL AS WITH INCREASING LARGE SCALE ASCENT ACCOMPANYING THE TROUGH.
MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE A SUFFICIENTLY DEEP LAYER OF DRY
AIR WITHIN THE LOWEST 3 KM AGL TO SUPPORT SOME THREAT FOR DRY
THUNDERSTORMS.
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 081644
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1144 AM CDT SUN AUG 08 2010
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
NO CHANGES REQUIRED TO THE DAY 2 OUTLOOK.
..ROGERS.. 08/08/2010
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0133 AM CDT SUN AUG 08 2010/
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS FORECAST TO LIFT NEWD FROM THE SRN GREAT
BASIN INTO THE NRN ROCKIES ON MONDAY. AS THIS DISTURBANCE EJECTS
ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND INTERMOUNTAIN W...BURSTS IN CONVECTION
WILL BE POSSIBLE. FARTHER W...A SMALLER UPPER IMPULSE WILL ENTER THE
PAC NW...WHICH MAY AID IN ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER
ORE/ID BY LATE AFTERNOON.
...SERN ORE AND SWRN ID...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE
DURING MONDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN UPPER IMPULSE ENTERING THE PAC
NW. MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE MINIMAL CAPE...A MARGINALLY
DRY BOUNDARY LAYER AIR MASS...AND FAIRLY STRONG DEEP-LAYER
TROPOSPHERIC FLOW /IMPLYING THE POTENTIAL FOR FAST STORM MOTIONS/
WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS SERN ORE/SWRN ID...WHICH MAY ENHANCE THE
POTENTIAL FOR FIRE STARTS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...